Just got around to watching Dark Crystal with my daughter. I wouldn't have drawn much of a parallel from the crystal bats to the guardian. No more so than comparing the stormtroopers from Star Wars to the sentry robots from The Black Hole.

By the way, Dark Crystal was a tad unsettling for a 4 year old. Advantage: Labyrinth!

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You know, both films have great nostalgia from our childhood, but i don't think either hold up. I loved Labyrinth and watched it again recently. Eh, except for my future wife Jennifer Connelly it wasn't that great. And this is coming from the guy who plans to build a full scale Labyrinth behind his castle when he is rich.

Makes me sad. I really thought Labyrinth would hold up better. But I still think its worlds ahead of Dark Crystal.